New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-20
ANOTHER VIEW OF THE MATTER

70 the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: have read with interest the articles entitled
aPrisoners OF Poverty and while we sympathize
with the oppressed We have no patience with seh
made martyrs. We agree with Marion Hariand fuiiy
that there ia way out OF It 1t IL really too absurd
when one OF them declares at is better to be little
short even an your own misthrcss Is she her own
nisthress" Shaving at machine fourteen hours DAY,
ami barely eking out existence In slmy, filthy den
How can she have o rag of selfrespect IL she had
rather live Ike rat In hole than In Respectable
well-bred familyi We have q few In this democratic
country, given over to foreigners. A for being her
own mistress II she Is not that in households to-
day We would be pleased to know what constitutes
being your own mistress
On December 10 my servant came from homo
Sunday December 10. she asked permission 10 go
home. saving she would return that evening Deccm-
bcrber Of at il a. m. she returned Decomocr -
she said her mother had sent for her to como nome
n we could spare her. We said We could not very
we'll because Of the children on Christmas morning.
hut II shc would kindly remain until the morning VOTE
and dinner PREPARATIONS were completed We "ouo
6o the remanjn ne work. She dbl and returned AT
fed time December 20. She invited some friends 70
spend the evening on New-Years EVe INC sano
servant informed us she was going 70 "the oa" New
Wear Eyen She went. New Years Day she again
snent with her mother. and January saw ner TO
turn AZ VIC were preparing breakfast. Dm We Say
snythingf Oh mol We knew better for she - eooi
when we have her. What man or woman worHlhg IA
a factorv or making contract goods at home can DO
tbus1 We cannot. and only work for our fanhncs
No honest. capable woman VIII suner oolng nouse
work Any rejecting, sensible mind cannot ou. so
knowledge that the position OF servant In respectpio
families Ia infinitely superior TO ono who prefers her
crust in the COM any OF vermin We know giri
rescued from the hands of cruel iInnoIai s'cP
mother by a neighhor who has brought her up as
servant She IL now RI cen years old, and Is pure
and her knowledge the world that there are GOOD
people In IL. She Is dcft and pretty -mahheieu "a
every way treasure 10 our friends but ior her We
rA~l Ma
universally resi- ected II had e, choose between
her and some sacswoman or operator becoming an
inmate Of our family we would not hesitate. Many
OF the Others pure 10y Instinct have Decn so contain
mated nv contact with all that is vcst In this world
o. to DO dangerous element In pure houschod-
uncIean, unfit. they do not understand the hrst
prnciples OF morality or honesty
10 1t any wonder that sharp business men use inc
tools ying unier their hands eager TO serVe: Many
employees look III on the employer as natural ioe
ready to injure them Why Because II there Is any
possible way for them to neglect or slight their EN-
Movers into rest without their knowledge they do IT,
and consifer it so much gained TO have outwitted
them 1t IL this principle underlying all that Injuries
the just and innocent In New YORK Clty anu
Brooklyn l have friends whose servants have an
afternoon out week. with other favors II they
pro themselves useful II Il true they do not nave
Oil day Sunday. but what mother doesf They fno
time to mend and make clothes for Themselves and
wero they required to work these creatures do
they would lose no mo in giving notice In some
eases servants dress better than their misrcsses and
the mother has not much money to clotbe her
self and hill rem she pays her servant, but she
must have help at any price. No honest and respect
able servant feel other than contempt for the
person WHO would rather grovei In the holes Mrs
Campbell describes thin live In cleanliness among
refined moral poo lie who to be interested
In their servants II they evnce any regarl for them
No honest person be desplsed, however
humble their ella ms The milltn cannot dawn
until tho saloonkeepers hunted from tho face Of
NE earth and tie advent Of Industrial schools shall
have taught frugal ty. Industry. skill and sObricty.
Carleton, Jan. 8, 1857. ANNA T. HoGEBooM.